9th Street ambush

The 9th Street ambush occurred when the Medellin Cartel ambushed a unit of Search Bloc troops under Colonel Horacio Carrillo sent to raid Apartment 98-3 on 9th Street in Medellin, where Pablo Escobar was due to meet with his accountant. The ambush began when one of the police vehicles was blown up, and men from all sides opened fire with submachine guns and other weapons. All of the Search Bloc policemen were killed, and Escobar personally executed Carrillo with several gunshots to avenge his cousin Gustavo Gaviria's 1990 death.